To be honest, I don't actually mind these changes. Grouping all exposed members together makes for a cleaner API and the functional style makes reuse a lot easi

To be honest, I don't actually mind these changes. Grouping all exposed members together makes for a cleaner API and the functional style makes reuse a lot easier, so that should trim down code length. But.....that's not a sufficiently compelling reason to change. Even with backwards compatibility, it still adds confusion to the mix, requires a huge effort in new/updating documentation, etc. I can't really see how the benefits justify the effort.